xemacs install

xemacs install

[Harold Stevenson]

hi,

i'm running linux 2.0.27 and i've not been able to get gnus or mail
configured so i've decided to download xemacs-20.3-common-mule.tar.gz.
now before i install xemacs, can i or should i get rid of the old emacs
and xemacs that is on the system. and if i should get rid of them, how
do
i go about it.
if you have any other suggestions for the new install, i would sure
appreciate hearing them before i start and mess up something. thank you,
any help will be appreciated.
   
harold

Re: xemacs install

[Stefan Waldherr]

>>>>> "Harold" == Harold Stevenson <zorro@azstarnet.com> writes:

  Harold> hi, i'm running linux 2.0.27 and i've not been able to get gnus or
  Harold> mail configured so i've decided to download
  Harold> xemacs-20.3-common-mule.tar.gz.  now before i install xemacs, can i

If you are running a RedHat system, you don't have to de-install XEmacs or
Emacs before. Just upgrade the package with `rpm -Uvh foo.rpm'. I recently
switched to 20.3 and installed these packages:

swa@robot-home:~> rpm -qa | grep xemacs
xemacs-el-20.3-1
xemacs-info-20.3-1
xemacs-20.3-1
swa@robot-home:~> rpm -qa | grep bbdb
bbdb-1.51-2

... and yes, it does not contain MULE. Gnus' beta version, quassia, runs fine
with this particular combination.

cu
Stefan.
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Re: xemacs install

[Kai Grossjohann]

>>>>> On Sun, 07 Dec 1997, Harold Stevenson said:

  Harold> i'm running linux 2.0.27 and i've not been able to get gnus
  Harold> or mail configured so i've decided to download
  Harold> xemacs-20.3-common-mule.tar.gz.  now before i install
  Harold> xemacs, can i or should i get rid of the old emacs and
  Harold> xemacs that is on the system. and if i should get rid of
  Harold> them, how do i go about it.

Doesn't your Linux distribution have an XEmacs package?  It would be
much easier for you to install that -- it will deal with dependencies
among packages and the like.

If you don't want to do that and if you don't mind wasting a bit of
disk space I suggest that you install your xemacs-*-mule.tar.gz in
/usr/local and leave the other installation alone.

Use "./configure --prefix=/usr/local" to prepare the source package to
install in /usr/local.

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